For families sharing a Mac, multiple user accounts let each family member have his or her own profile to customize as he or she wishes. It also lets parents set restrictions for their kids' accounts.

Students may create an authorized user account for family members (or anyone else) that they would like to give access to their billing information. This also allows SFS and the Office of Scholarships ...

If you need a new Mac user account for your partner, your kids or your roommate, or want to get rid of an old account, it couldn't be easier. Here's how. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined ...

For parents, figuring out how to monitor a kid’s gaming diet can be a tough nut to crack. For years, video game developers and publishers have been participating in a ratings system created by the ...

Lindows, a distribution of Linux, does not require you to set up user accounts; by default you log in as the Administrator. This article explains why you should have ...

Streaming video services have transformed the way that we watch content at home and on the go, but the perennial problem of what to watch next hasn't gone away—in fact, with so much to watch and so ...

While this feature had previously been made available to tablets running Jelly Bean, Google never saw its utility on smartphones. With the introduction of Android Lollipop, Google appears to have ...

Everyone may not have to share Macs and iOS Devices with others, but there are many of us that do. For the Mac, it’s easy and a great idea to set up User Accounts for times when someone needs guest ...

While this feature had previously been made available to tablets running Jelly Bean, Google never saw its utility on smartphones. With the introduction of Android Lollipop, Google appears to have ...